Cyber Security Intern

Job Summary

As a year‑round Cybersecurity Intern, you will help protect Oshkosh Corporation’s information, systems, and technology while gaining hands‑on experience across multiple areas of cybersecurity. Depending on your background, interests, and project assignment, you may support security operations and incident response, cyber defense engineering, security infrastructure, or security technology administration. You’ll work alongside cybersecurity professionals to investigate real‑world security events, support enterprise security technologies, improve security controls, and help strengthen Oshkosh’s overall security posture. This internship provides exposure to both the technical and operational sides of cybersecurity while giving you the opportunity to develop practical skills, work with industry tools, and understand how cybersecurity supports a global organization.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside Security Operations, Incident Response, and Cyber Defense teams.
• Investigate phishing emails, malware, security alerts, and other cybersecurity events.
• Support the technologies used by the Cyber Defense team, including day‑to‑day operations, maintenance, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Assist with the administration, configuration, and troubleshooting of security applications and infrastructure.
• Participate in patching, deployment, and upgrades of security applications and agents.
• Troubleshoot and remediate cybersecurity tickets based on priority.
• Support security logging across the enterprise, including adding, updating, troubleshooting, and decommissioning security logs.
• Maintain and upgrade malware lab environments and cybersecurity tools.
• Develop and manage honeypots and other defensive security capabilities.
• Support server and infrastructure activities, including configuration and hardware installation.
• Work with technology vendors and support teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Analyze security metrics and develop reports or briefings that communicate cybersecurity activity and trends.
• Create cybersecurity awareness and outreach communications.
• Participate in the design, development, testing, and integration of technology and information security controls.
• Create and maintain technical, process, and project documentation.
• Support continuous improvement of security technologies, controls, and business processes.
• Collaborate with teams across Oshkosh to understand how technology, cybersecurity, and business practices work together to support the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Interest in pursuing a career in cybersecurity, information security, or a related technology field.
• Ability to work year‑round in Oshkosh, WI.
• Reliable transportation with the ability to travel between local Oshkosh facilities and data centers as needed.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds when supporting applicable technology or infrastructure activities.

Standout Qualifications

• Coursework in cybersecurity, information security, networking, computer science, or related areas.
• Previous cybersecurity or information technology experience through coursework, employment, labs, clubs, competitions, or personal projects.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple assignments.
• Interest in incident response, security operations, malware analysis, cyber defense, security engineering, networking, or security infrastructure.

Experience You Will Gain

• Hands‑on experience with enterprise cybersecurity technologies and tools.
• Exposure to real‑world security operations, incident response, and cyber defense.
• Experience investigating and responding to cybersecurity events.
• Understanding of security infrastructure, applications, logging, and defensive technologies.
• Experience communicating cybersecurity information to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Project management, prioritization, troubleshooting, and technical documentation skills.
• Understanding of how cybersecurity functions within a large global organization.
• Professional relationships with cybersecurity, technology, and business professionals across Oshkosh.

Why Oshkosh?

Moving the future forward is our priority—and that includes your future. We encourage professional development and champion our employees’ success through a variety of learning, development, and hands‑on experiences. Our core values put people first, do the right thing, persevere, and work better together.

Pay

Pay Range: $18.00 – $37.00 per hour. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations; individual pay is determined by factors such as scope and responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and internal equity.